The U.S. government has paid $50,000 in compensation for each of the Afghan villagers who were killed in a shooting rampage in which an American soldier faces murder charges, Afghan officials said Sunday; families of the wounded received $11,000 per injured victim.
What is the monetary worth of a human being? Ground, plants and animals all have determined values but the human being, other than being sold into slavery, is valueless because the human being has unlimited potential; the human soul is not limited by instinct.
The numbers chosen by the US government happens to correspond to the two cabalistic numbers representing chaos – 11 and 50. The Ten Sefirot/Luminaries, the cabalistic atom known as the Tree of Life, is the prototype of creation, but the source comes from Keter/Crown – eleven.
Whereas the ten is a matter of cause and effect, 11 is beyond reason; similarly, the number 50 is also beyond comprehension – known as the Fiftieth Gate of Bena/Understanding is beyond understanding. Why some die while others live is beyond the comprehension of the human being.
On Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the year, we exclaim: many will pass away and many will live; who will pass away and who will live is determined by God, but Tshuva/Repentance, Tefila/Prayer and Charity repeal the difficult decrees from the Creator.
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